The following units and commanders of the American armed forces under Andrew Jackson fought at the Battle of New Orleans during War of 1812. The British order of battle is shown separately.
Abbreviations used Military rank MG = Major General BG = Brigadier General Col = Colonel Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel Maj = Major Cpt = Captain
Other k = killed w = wounded m = missing
Forces 7th Military District: MG Andrew Jackson
General Staff Advisers to General Jackson: Brigadier General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert, Governor William C. C. Claiborne Aides-de-camp: Abner Lawson Duncan, John Randolph Grymes, Edward Livingston Aide-de-camp and judge advocate, Major Auguste Davezac Volunteer chief of engineers: Arsène Lacarrière-Latour
Division Brigade Regiments and Others Strength k w mLeft WingGreene, 2004, Chapter VI: Final Preparations
MG William Carroll Carroll's Brigade
MG William Carroll1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col William Metcalf 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col John Cocke 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col James Raulston1100 aggregated480 Coffee's Brigade
BG John Coffee1st Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Robert Dyer 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Thomas Williamson Jugeant's Choctaws: Maj Pierre Jugeant813 aggregated Tennesseans100Adair's BrigadeQuisenberry, 1915, pp.134-135.
BG John AdairSlaughter's Kentucky Militia: Ltc Gabriel SlaughterSmith, 1904, pp.187 to 195, Roll of Field and Staff, Slaughter's Regiment - APPENDIX IIRoosevelt, p.223 Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis (detached to West Bank)Smith, 1904, pp.196 to 202, Roll of Field and Staff, Davis's Regiment - APPENDIX III Mitchusson's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc William MitchussonSmith, 1904, pp.179 to 186, Roll of Field and Staff, Mitchusson's Regiment - APPENDIX I526 elsewhere 4621120Right Wing
Col George T. RossLouisiana Militia and VolunteersPickles, p. 37.
MG Jacques Villeré
Col Pierre de la Ronde
Jean Michel FortierHarrison, Thomas, THE BATTALIONS OF FREE MEN OF COLOR, page 113 of 198 within Battalion of Orleans (city): Maj Jean Baptiste Plauché Lacoste's Free Men of Color: Maj Pierre LacosteHinsdale, Glenn L., American troops in the January 8 battle, page 5 of 198 within Daquin's Free Men of Color: Maj Louis Daquin City Rifles: Cpt Thomas Beale Baratarians (gunners from Jean Lafitte's privateer crews) Three regiments of Louisiana Militia on West Bank with General Morgan742 aggregate1150U.S. Regular Army7th U.S. Infantry: Maj Henry D. Peire 44th U.S. Infantry: Col George T. Ross U.S. Marines: Maj Daniel Carmick671 aggregate210Ltc William MacReaGunners manning the artillery pieces154 aggregate310 Reporting directly Reserves Mississippi Dragoons: Maj Thomas HindsLatour, pp.106-107 Captain Ogden's company of cavalry and a detachment of the Attakapas dragoons Captain Chaveau's company of horse volunteers 150 50 30, subtotaling 230 cavalry 0 0 0 Battalion, Kentucky Militia: Maj Reuben Harrison 305000 West Bank BG David B. Morgan Naval contingent: Commodore Daniel Patterson 30000 2nd Louisiana Militia Brigade: Maj Paul ArnaudHughes & Brodine (ed), pp.1014-1015 640 1 4 15 Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis (detached to West Bank from Adair) 250 & 150 0 0 4Additional Reinforcements (400 militiamen) from East Bank: Gen. HumbertLatour, pg.lxiiLatour, pp.120-121 400 reinforcements 0 0 0
Location Formation Constituent vessels ComplementsIn the riverVessels of the Naval Station at New Orleans, reporting to Commodore Daniel Patterson, 8 x 24 pdr guns on the port side, 8 x 24 pdr guns on the starboard side>120 crew (lost on December 27, 1814), 3 x 9 pdr guns, 12 x 12 pdr guns>100 crew 2 Jeffersonian gunboats 2 crews totaling 52 men
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